Testimonials
Leadership/management
"Working with a difficult supervisor is rarely a great experience. To my surprise, it was a very valuable lesson I learned...with Jane's advice. We worked on a tactical, practical plan to deal with a difficult personality, based on common sense principles of human relations -- self-evident in hindsight but unclear when inexperienced in the corporate world. He and I reached a mutual understanding and the work environment improved. Only much later did I fully appreciate Jane's lesson as best practices on good management and leadership."
-- Anthony Wong, MBA
Praise for Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
“In Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, Hyun meaningfully advances the dialogue around diversity as it relates to Asian Americans. It is a must read for any CEO or aspiring CEO who believes in building a culture of inclusion.”
--Douglas R. Conant, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company
Public Speaker and Facilitator
"Jane was a trainer at a one-week long leadership conference at my company. She has a superb handle on the audience, and is engaging, fun, and is a skilled public speaker. She also facilitated a number of small group breakout sessions, and was effective at diffusing potential conflict among participants. We would bring her back next year in a heartbeat!"
-- HR Managing Director
"Thank YOU for the excellence that you brought to both engagements in Cleveland. The programs were outstanding and several of our colleagues are still recounting some of your messages. It is always a pleasure to hear you but it was enhanced by the opportunity to get to know you personally. You are a tremendous talent and a wonderful champion for inclusion." --Margot James Copeland, Executive Vice President, Corporate Diversity Chair, Key Foundation
Assessment, Executive Coaching and Feedback
"Despite my hard work and excellent reviews, I was not progressing in my career. Jane helped me through this by using relevant assessment tools - including a mini version of the 360 degree feedback tool. She not only gave me insights on how colleagues viewed me but also how I could proactively shape how others perceived me. Not unusual for an Asian American, I was raised to be quiet and modest with the expectation that good and hard work would suffice - obviously it wasn't enough. Jane gave practical, tactical advice so I could better manage elements of my cultural upbringing and progress with my career."
-- Technology executive
"I worked with Jane for over an 8 month period (once every 4-6 weeks), as my company saw me as a "high potential" leader and assigned me to her as my coach. During that short time frame, we completed an objective assessment of my strengths and weaknesses as a manager. Once that was done, she worked with me on soft skills development, including assertiveness training and presentation skills enhancement, and helped me to develop a game plan for the rest of my career in this industry. More recently, I have been called upon to give dozens of large group presentations given my new role as a major point of contact for the merger integration process. With the coaching and mentoring support I received, I was in top form. The quality of her work, her assessment and coaching skills are unmatched by few. We were a true partnership"
-- Financial Services VP
Cultural Awareness
"Before I attended the Asian American Leadership Workshop, I didn't know that I had all of these inner cultural traits and values that were in conflict with each other. It took the other participants and some soul searching on my part to realize that I wasn't seeing myself very clearly."
-- Healthcare executive
Interview Critique
"One of the toughest things in an interview is not knowing what to expect from the hiring managers and interviewers. Jane had an uncanny ability to understand how I needed to prepare for my interviews and networking meetings. Her candid insights and feedback about my interviewing style and attitude helped me to land a senior position at one of my top target companies in less than 2 months."
-- Legal Counsel in a Financial Services Organization
Thank you for helping me prepare for my very important second round interviews with my top choice firm last week! Your feedback was right on, and it was definitely a productive session for me. My dilemma now is an easy one--deciding which offer to take! I appreciate all the good feedback. Thanks again for a valuable session.
-- Second year MBA Student